The Labor enquirer., 1887-11-12

describe as follows:
Homo sepits Lime, variety
sytitxs. Smaller in stature and
darker in complexion than the
lcountsy type. Shorter-lived lin
some parts the average life does
not exceed 80 years. and weaker
bodied than the average of man.
kind, more prone to affections of
the lungs and digestive organs,
and generally more cunning.
AT the risk of giving offense. /
thus describe the townsman (and
] am partly such myself), because
! want you to realize actually and
in very fact we are breeding, as
the inevitable result of the false
social state in which we exist, a
race of inferior beings. morally
and physically on the downward
scale, and these are they BY whoms
most ofNse sOoylds work is done.
So long as this continues. while
it can be said that we are wantonly
destroying the spirit Of our race,
SO long will it behoove ve everyone
who cares aught for the future or
the present, to raise his voice or
lift his arm against the destroyers,
lest he himself become one of
them, nor cease until all are
healthy and as the men of old.
Listen to what the doctors say:
At the meeting of the British AS
sociation which took place during
the summer months, we we're told
by l. Miner Fothergill that "a
pure bred cockney of the fourth
generation is very rare" just con-
slider. that our town race is already
so enfeebled that it cannot breed
for four generations without the
infusion of better blood! In four
generations the human race would
die out, were it not for the coun-
trymen. Sir Thomas Crawford,
at the same meeting, stated that
while the upper" class appeared
to be improving, careful examin-
alton had led him to the conclu-
siofthat the loaOer classes are in
tfyoy in physique to sohat they weyr
taOemyJfve years agoi" Verify,
the vampire grows fat, but it kills
its victim.
Competition, by forcing people
to herd together and live on star
vation wages breeds its own pecu-
liar diseases. The Rev. Samuel
Barnett has shown that in London
a certain proportion of the popu-
lation lives on less than enough to
sustain life. This sounds paradox
ical, but is nevertheless a fact,
SINCE the food they eat does not
suffice to maintain the original
standard of vitality. and they
weaker every day, and die pre-
maturely. Mr.. I. Bland Sutton,
at a meeting of the geological
Society of London" on April Io.
1887, stated that about 50 per
cent of the poor children in Lon
don suffer from the disease called
ricketts,, resulting in malformation.
This he attributed to general ILL
conditions of life. and particularly
to insufficient feeding.
Hambleton,. again, has shown
that consumption, SO prevalent in
towns, is due almost entirely to
sickly conditions of existence.
Everywhere we have the same
story. and everywhere the vice of
competition is screwed down.
closer and closer, never lifting
until the day shall come when it
shall destroy itself from its own
intensity. and men will be free.
Last year there were Saa.aIs pau
pers in England and Wales. or
one in thirty-four of the whole
population!-three per cent of the
acknowledged victims of CONNER
cial competition. not to speak OF
the thousands of others who would
not endure the misery Of the poor
house. In Australia, we read OF
depression of trades. particularly